#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #acec  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb to    
require certain additional information  
to be submitted to ,congress regarding  
the strategic #e-year technology        
investment plan of the ,transportation  
,security ,administration4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,transparency in ,technological         
,acquisitions ,act of #bjag4  #b4       
,information required to be submitted to
 ,congress under the strategic #e-year  
technology investment plan of the       
,transportation ,security               
,administration  7a7 ,additional        
information required ,section #afaa of  
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #efc7 is amended--  7#a7  
in subsection 7g7-- 7,a7 in the matter  
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
biennially and inserting annually2  7,b7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking and2    
7,c7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking the 
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7,d7 by

 adding at the end the following new    
paragraph3  7#c7 information about      
acquisitions completed during the fiscal
 year preceding the fiscal year during  
which the report is submitted4  2 and   
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsections3  7h7 ,notice of covered
 changes to ,plan  7#a7 ,notice required
 ,the ,administrator shall submit to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives notice of   
any covered change to the ,plan by not  
later than #ij days after the date on   
which the change is made4  7#b7         
,definition of change ,in this          
subsection1 the term covered change     
means an increase or decrease in the    
dollar amount allocated to the          
procurement of a technology or an       
increase or decrease in the number of a 
technology4  4  7b7 ,report on equipment
 in operation post-,life-,cycle ,not    
later than #ij days after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate and the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives a report describing any
 equipment of the ,transportation       
,security ,administration that is in    
operation after--  7#a7 the end of the  
life-cycle of the equipment specified by
 the manufacturer of the equipment2 or  
7#b7 the end of the useful life         
projection for the equipment under the  
strategic #e-year technology investment 
plan of the ,transportation ,security   
,administration1 as required by section 
#afaa of the ,homeland ,security ,act of
 #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #efc74  7c7 ,notice
 to airports and airlines ,upon the     
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall notify  
airports and airlines of any changes to 

the #e-year technology investment plan  
of the ,transportation ,security        
,administration4  ,passed the ,house of 
,representatives ,march #ba1            
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